Soldier's Song

Little brown girl, you're going to cry again.

Song

1. Little brown girl, will you still cry, ; Will you still write a letter of condolence? ; The address will be written in blue ink; Your sorrows will be written in it. ; ; 2. Little brown girl went out to the battlefield, ; To find her baby there. ; My God, where, where should I ... Read More

The steamboat is sailing smoothly on the water.

Song

1. The steamboat sails beautifully on the water, ; My horse grazes beautifully in the meadow, ; The bell rings beautifully on its neck, ; My baby will be yours soon. ; ; 2. The forty-eighth band rings beautifully, ; Hungarian hussars march on it, ; They march from a foreign count... Read More

My mother's thatched house

Song

1. My mother's thatched house, ; Its little gate is always locked, ; Open it, mother, open it, soon your son will come for a long vacation, ; And then the homeland will call again. ; ; 2. Dawn is breaking, the sky is breaking, ; The Hungarians will be free again, ; May as many Hu... Read More

In the year eighteen hundred and forty-eight

Song

1. In the year 1848; The Lord God looked down upon the earth, ; He looked around at this wide world, ; How the poor Hungarian hussars were fighting. ; ; 2. My little grey horse has shiny horseshoes, ; The innkeeper's wife's innkeeper's hat is delicate, ; She combs her disheveled ... Read More

I was born in eighteen hundred and forty-eight.

Song

1. I was born in eighteen hundred and forty-eight, ; I had no father, yet I was raised, ; I grew up like a rose on a bush, ; I became a hussar when I was twenty. ; ; 2. I am a hussar, not a soldier in boots, ; Because boots do not fit my feet, ; They are not for the feet of a Mar... Read More

The Wittenburg barracks are on a hill.

Song

1. The Wittenburg barracks are on a hill, ; Autumn roses bloom in the window frame, ; The leafy one leaned towards me, the branchy one, ; We must part, little angel, from each other. ; ; 2. Evening, evening, alas, but a loving evening, ; But I was with a loving girl that evening,... Read More

The national flag is on my hat.

Song

1. The national flag is on my hat, ; All around it is written the word "lament", ; All around I always read, ; My enlistment day is approaching. ; ; 2. The red-brick barracks of Komárom, ; A rose blooms from its four corners, ; A rose blooms in the middle, from its corners, ; The... Read More

Ferenc Jóska goes for a walk barefoot

Song

1. Ferenc Jóska goes for a walk barefoot, ; He left his boots at home to be shod, ; Nine blacksmiths didn't dare to take on the task, ; Not one could make a rose-colored horseshoe. ; ; 2. I just came from the Bosnian battle, ; To learn about my little pony's feet, ; My little pon... Read More

I was born in the middle of Komárom county.

Song

1. I was born in the middle of Komárom County, ; I was small, yet I grew up, ; I grew up like a rose on a bush, ; I became a soldier when I was twenty. ; ; 2. Bring out my hat with a ribbon, my good mother, ; This will be my last word to you, ; Because you, my good mother, are th... Read More

The horse is whinnying, he already feels the abrac

Song

1. The horse neighs, he already feels the breeze, ; But many little girls open the window, ; Come, my baby, Give way to my horse, ; And then, four, five, six, seven, hot kisses for myself. ; ; 2. The hussars march on the back of the horse, ; There is no fence or ditch in front of... Read More